Improvement in butter-packages



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. Butter-Packages.

No.147,274. PatemedFeb-1o-1a74.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

FREDERICK A. LANE, or` swANzEv, AssreNoE To i EnvisELE, EPEEATM KENDALL,OF KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND ADNA E. KENDALL, OF

CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-PACKAGES.

Specificatonforming part of Letters Patent No. 147,274, dated February10, 1874; application filed December 17, 1873.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. LANE, of Swanzey, in the county ofCheshire and State of New Hampshire, have invented a certain new andImproved Gase or Package for Butter, of which the following is acomplete description, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsmaking part of this specification.

This invention is a package for butter, and the object thereof is thepreservation of butter during transportation and storage, by .packing itin sealed air-tight cans or metal boxes, the inside of the boxes beingcoated with shellac, or other innocuous material, to prevent the metalfrom becoming acted upon by the salt or other constituents of thebutter, and thereby injure its Vvflavor. The package is made airtight bya gasket inserted under the rim of the cover, which is made daringimmediately at its edge for the admission of the gasket.

Of the above speciiied invention, the following is a more full andcomplete description.

A in the drawing represents the package or case referred to, and whichis made of sheettin or other metal. Said package has a holding capacityof one pound, which, however, may be more or less, if so desired. B, isa shoulder struck up around the case or package, immediately below therim of the cover O, over which it partially its, as shown in Fig. l. Therim of the cover is made slightly flaring, as shown at c in Fig. 3, forthe purpose of passing down over the ring or gasket D, whereby the ttingof the cover is made airtight. The bottom of the package, for table use,may be struck up, forming a radial corrugated mold, E, Fig. 4., or otherdesign.

As above said, the inside of the package is coated with a varnish ofshellac, which, by its harmless character, in no way affects the tasteof the butter, whereas, at the same time, it protects the tin from the4corroding action of the salt, or other elements that the butter maycontain, and, therefore, no unpleasant taste is communicated to thebutter by the tin, which would be the result if not protected by theshellac coating.

The package is intended to hold more or less butter, which, when puttherein, is lthen secured in an air-tight manner by the cover. For thispurpose, a cord or gasket, D, saturated with shellac or other suitablematerial, is placed on the package, as shown in Fig. 2, above theshoulder B, which prevents the gasket from falling down over thepackage. The cover is now put on, which, in consequence of its flaringrim C, will pass over the gasket on pressing the cover down, therebycompressing the gasket between the side of the package and the rim ofthe cover, making a cemented air-tight joint. On removing the butterfrom small packages, and which is done by inverting them, the impressionof the mold E will be left on the cakes of butter, thereby having thecakes of butter lin good shape and condition for being set upon thetable.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The herein-described butter-package, consisting of the case A, shoulderB, cover G, having a flaring rim, c, gasket D,'an.d struck-up bottom,forming a mold, E, substantially in the manner as set forth, and for thepurpose speciiied.

EEEDEEIGK A. LANE.

Witnesses W. H. BURRTDGE, E. HEssENMUELLER.

